Knight Frank is out with their 2017 Wealth Report, and it like others projects significant growth both in the Ultra High Net Worth (UHNW) population and their cumulative wealth. While the past 30 years have seen record levels of … Continue reading →

According to Wealth-X, the Super Rich spend over $230 billion a year on luxury from fashion to jewelry, watches, cars, autos, spirits, planes and boats, so clearly they are a critical segment. However, it’s rare that an Ultra High … Continue reading →

Acquisition of new ultra-high-net-worth (UHNW) consumers will be key to building sales for luxury brands as they adapt to the new normal of annual growth in the 3-5 percent range, down from 8-10 percent during the halcyon days of the … Continue reading →

What do the Super Rich do when they aren’t overseeing their various business interests? Luxury marketers have long tried to figure it out, trying to craft partnerships with groups and organizations that they felt would effectively position their offerings … Continue reading →

Her mom Jane Gordon was a gossip columnist for the Sunday Mirror.** Gossip columnist, of course, is one of the stranger realities of journalism. It’s a symbiotic relationship where for the most part, the people one is revealing tawdry … Continue reading →

In December I launched an e-newsletter for private jet owners focused on travel. To do so, I needed to build a database of owners, no easy task. But first let me clarify. When I say jet owners, it also … Continue reading →

Rae Paoletta is a “dreamer, news junkie, knowledge sponge” who is some type of writer or journalist for MTV. She also Tweets as @MTVIssues where “We tell stories that are changing the world and we just have a lot of … Continue reading →

First of all, the below is a reprint from Reddit user A1988eli. However, I think it provides a very good overview on why when it comes to looking for heavy users of luxury goods and services, Income and Net Worth … Continue reading →

If you stay at a Four Seasons you may have wondered the secrets to providing great service in a diverse portfolio of more than 90 hotels and resorts spanning over 30 countries. Service is so important J. Allen … Continue reading →

Former Women’s Wear Daily Editor Robin Lewis is co-author of the 2010 book “The New Rules of Retail.” He has also held executive positions at DuPont, VF Corporation, Goldman Sachs and is CEO and Editor of The Robin Report, a … Continue reading →

Conventional wisdom says global capitals are the hang out for the Ultra High Net Worth (Net Worth of $30 million +) and their families. And certainly, these are places many of them travel with some frequency. I’ve recently been speaking … Continue reading →

How much is a typical visitor worth to the places they visit? According to the World Travel & Tourism Council, global tourism accounts for one out of every 10 jobs, meaning the stakes are high. Yet, all visitors … Continue reading →

Luxury marketers that have so successfully tapped U.S. aspirational consumers to grow sales over the past 20 years may have to re-think what the future holds with this segment. They may also want to re-think where they are focusing … Continue reading →

A few days ago Roxanne Genier contributed a column based on her tenure working aboard superyachts, and she gave several examples of spending she observed. The Washington Post similarly did a study of families living in affluent suburbs of New … Continue reading →

One of the challenges for marketers targeting the “Top 1 Percent” has always been most research really doesn’t target the Top 1 Percent. Ron Kurtz is founder of the American Affluence Research Center whose focus is the wealthiest 10 percent … Continue reading →

Ledbury Research on behalf of Airbus Corporate Jets (ACJ) recently published a Billionaires Study in which they dredged through any information they could find on 250 of these 10 digit wonders from China, Middle East and Russia in an effort … Continue reading →